(1) Capitalism = Selfishness, According to Adam Smith & Milton Freidman's Logic... (2) The 2 Reasons Why Marxism Is Becoming Popular Again: China & Capitalism
"Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss." Karl Brunnholzl
Capitalism is, or is soon to become a dying economic practice (system). The reasons are certainly many, complex, and interconnected. But the primary reason is that capitalism, particularly in the USA, has become entirely focused on increased productivity to maximize profits and increase shareholder's stake, ie increase the wealth of individual shareholders. Which means in truth, as well as in straight talk, to insure that the real (and obscene) wealth is funneled to and concentrated in the top 1 or 2 percent of the nation.
When self interest becomes the driving force behind every decision, and selfishness essentially becomes a "virtue" as it is with folks like Trump, then the footing on which a society stands on begins to crumble. Which is precisely the situation America is finding itself in today. In these present moments of our collective existence.
Buddhism, with its understandings of emptiness and impermanence, combined with compassion and loving kindness is an effective and liberating antidote to the self interests and selfishness of modern present day capitalism in America.
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